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The Byzantine Empire Quiz
Ten questions on the empire centered on Constantinople, from Justinian and Theodora to the walls that kept the world at bay for a thousand years.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and a photo
About this quiz
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople. After Rome fell in the fifth century, this Greek-speaking, Christian empire survived for nearly another thousand years, outlasting every rival that tried to break through its walls.
The quiz covers the empire's great personalities and turning points: Justinian and Theodora, the building of Hagia Sophia, the schism of 1054, the battle that opened Anatolia to the Turks, and the legacy the empire left in law, faith, and alphabet.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople from 330 to 1453.
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Hagia Sophia
The cathedral Justinian built in Constantinople in 537, now a mosque in Istanbul after nearly 1,500 years as a cathedral, mosque, and museum.
